Supreme Court votes 5-4 to let Border Patrol cut Texas razor wire along the Rio Grande

The Supreme Court voted 5-4 on January 22, 2024, to block Texas's emergency stay request and restore a lower court order letting Border Patrol agents remove the razor wire Texas strung along the Rio Grande. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson, Barrett, and Gorsuch formed the majority; Justices Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Roberts dissented. Abbott refused to comply and kept Texas National Guard troops in Shelby Park, setting up a constitutional standoff over whether states can physically obstruct federal immigration enforcement that remained unresolved through the 2024 election.